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-rw-r--r--Documentation/block/bfq-iosched.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/block/null_blk.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/block/queue-sysfs.txt7
3 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/block/bfq-iosched.txt b/Documentation/block/bfq-iosched.txt
index 8d8d8f06cab2..98a8dd5ee385 100644
--- a/Documentation/block/bfq-iosched.txt
+++ b/Documentation/block/bfq-iosched.txt
@@ -357,6 +357,13 @@ video playing/streaming, a very low drop rate may be more important
than maximum throughput. In these cases, consider setting the
strict_guarantees parameter.
+slice_idle_us
+-------------
+
+Controls the same tuning parameter as slice_idle, but in microseconds.
+Either tunable can be used to set idling behavior. Afterwards, the
+other tunable will reflect the newly set value in sysfs.
+
strict_guarantees
-----------------
diff --git a/Documentation/block/null_blk.txt b/Documentation/block/null_blk.txt
index ea2dafe49ae8..4cad1024fff7 100644
--- a/Documentation/block/null_blk.txt
+++ b/Documentation/block/null_blk.txt
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ shared_tags=[0/1]: Default: 0
zoned=[0/1]: Default: 0
0: Block device is exposed as a random-access block device.
- 1: Block device is exposed as a host-managed zoned block device.
+ 1: Block device is exposed as a host-managed zoned block device. Requires
+ CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ZONED.
zone_size=[MB]: Default: 256
Per zone size when exposed as a zoned block device. Must be a power of two.
diff --git a/Documentation/block/queue-sysfs.txt b/Documentation/block/queue-sysfs.txt
index 39e286d7afc9..83b457e24bba 100644
--- a/Documentation/block/queue-sysfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/block/queue-sysfs.txt
@@ -67,6 +67,13 @@ If set to a value larger than 0, the kernel will put the process issuing
IO to sleep for this amount of microseconds before entering classic
polling.
+io_timeout (RW)
+---------------
+io_timeout is the request timeout in milliseconds. If a request does not
+complete in this time then the block driver timeout handler is invoked.
+That timeout handler can decide to retry the request, to fail it or to start
+a device recovery strategy.
+
iostats (RW)
-------------
This file is used to control (on/off) the iostats accounting of the